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Alice Clark (the 1st of August 1874 - the 11th of May 1934) was a British feminist and historian. She studied at the London School of Economics under Lilian Knowles and is best known for her 1916 book Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century. She was a member of the Quaker Clark family, associated with the shoe-making firm C. and J. Clark Ltd.
Clark argued that in 16th-century England, women were active participants in industry and agriculture, giving them a form of equality with their husbands. She contended that as capitalism expanded in the 17th century, a growing division of labour pushed men into paid work outside the home and reduced women to unpaid household labour, with negative consequences for women's status and independence.
Alice Clark published Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century in 1916. The book examined how the home had previously served as a central unit of production and argued that capitalism's expansion drove a division of labour that confined middle-class women to idle domestic existence and forced lower-class women into poorly paid jobs.
Yes. Early in 1913, Alice Clark served on the executive committee of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). She participated in the organisation's six-week-long suffrage pilgrimage, which ended in a large rally in Hyde Park, carrying a Street Women's Suffrage banner made by her sister Esther.
Alice Clark was born into the Clark family, Quaker manufacturers associated with C. and J. Clark Ltd., makers of boots, shoes, and sheepskin rugs. Her father was William Stephens Clark (1839-1925) and her mother was Helen Priestman Bright (1840-1927). Her sister Dr Hilda Clark was a physician and specialist in tuberculosis treatment.
Alice Clark studied at the London School of Economics (LSE), under the supervision of Lilian Knowles.